by Charles Oropallo | July 24, 2021 3:24 pm | Technical Help, WordPress
Within days of this writing, the Twenty Ten theme was updated. The fact that this theme is still kept up is a very good thing from a security point of view. The update included what appeared to be more extensive uses of blocks in WordPress. In my opinion, WordPress...
by Charles Oropallo | July 6, 2021 5:33 pm | Email, Spam, Technical Help, WordPress
Spam Prevention nightmares Spam prevention has been a nightmare for all involved since even before I began CharlesWorks in 1998. Spammers: they are always trying to find ways around the spam protection. Email users: It is a constant battle trying to sort spam from...
by Robin Snow | March 27, 2021 6:04 pm | Technical Help, WordPress
Contact Form 7 can be made auto responsive in a Divi site by simply adding in the appropriate CSS code to allow it to happen. Add the following to Custom CSS /* Contact Form7 mobile styling */ @media screen and (max-width: 768px){ .wpcf7 #Personal-Details, .wpcf7...
by Charles Oropallo | March 27, 2021 1:11 pm | Technical Help, WordPress
The WP Forms plugin for WordPress is fairly popular and one of the plugins I like using for handle form inputs on websites. I especially like being able to tie in Google RECAPTCHA into it which greatly reduces form spam. Form spamming has become big business. Apps...
by Robin Snow | March 24, 2021 11:46 am | Technical Help, WordPress
Go to edit any product from the products list. You should see a field that says Product Data with a drop down below the text area. Click on the drop down and change the product from a Simple Product to a variable one Click on attributes in the left hand options on the...
by Robin Snow | March 5, 2021 4:46 pm | Technical Help, WordPress
Log into your WordPress Dashboard: In a browser, enter https://yourdomainname/wp-admin (if this does not work and you are a CharlesWorks web client, please give us a call or email us and we’ll help). Login with your administrative credentials (you should have been...
by Robin Snow | March 5, 2021 4:38 pm | Technical Help, WordPress
WordPress Edits Log into your WordPress Dashboard: In a browser, enter https://yourdomainname/wp-admin (if this does not work and you are a CharlesWorks web client, please give us a call or email us and we’ll help). Login with your administrative credentials (you...
by Robin Snow | March 3, 2021 9:42 am | Technical Help, WordPress
Log into your WordPress Dashboard: In a browser, enter https://yourdomainname/wp-admin (if this does not work and you are a CharlesWorks web client, please give us a call or email us and we’ll help). Login with your administrative credentials (you should have...
by Robin Snow | March 2, 2021 6:19 pm | Technical Help, WordPress
Go to the CTA module Advanced Settings Go to Custom CSS Promo Button Add this code: position: absolute; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0; margin: auto; Add this to the hover tab as well to avoid having the button jump up when...
by Robin Snow | March 1, 2021 9:57 am | Technical Help, WordPress
/* Bulleted list spacing */ li { line-height: 1.7; padding: 5px; } or /* Bulleted list spacing */ .entry-content ol, .entry-content ul { padding: 30px 0px 30px 50px; list-style-position: outside; } .entry-content ol li, .entry-content ul li { margin-bottom: 10px;...
by Robin Snow | March 1, 2021 9:32 am | Technical Help, WordPress
Add to css in child theme, and adjust colors accordingly: /* Read more blog button */ .more-link { background-color: #1f568e; display: inline-block !important; color: #fff; padding: 5px 15px; margin-top: 15px; text-transform: uppercase; } .more-link:hover {...
by Robin Snow | March 1, 2021 9:27 am | Technical Help, WordPress
Add this script to Theme Options > Integrations section > Head section <script> jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘img[title]’).each(function() { $(this).removeAttr(‘title’); }); });...
by Charles Oropallo | January 22, 2021 5:00 pm | Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Spam, Technical Help, Web Hosting, WordPress
I cannot begin to tell you how many people believe that once their website is done they are “all set”. Many think they don’t have to do anything more to it once it is out there live. While that may seem true in that moment, there is still much that...
by Charles Oropallo | January 3, 2021 12:07 pm | Technical Help, WordPress
I wanted to create a custom HTML code function, so made one that will generate a line feed. I tested it to neaten up the output from my favorite WordPress statistics plugin: WP-Statistics by Verona Labs. This shortcode gives the ability to add line feeds to WordPress...
by Charles Oropallo | November 15, 2020 3:05 pm | Technical Help, Web Hosting, WordPress
Every piece of popular software gets updated over time. PHP is no different. PHP 7.4 is the latest version of PHP 7 at the time of this writing. It was originally rolled out November 28, 2019 and will receive security support until November 28, 2022. It also appears...
